An annual publication forging a link between social history, American studies, and the decorative arts

Acknowledged as the journal of record in its field, American Furniture presents new research on furniture design, use, production, and appreciation. Begun in 1993, this award-winning annual provides a comprehensive forum on furniture history, technology, connoisseurship, and conservation by the foremost scholars in the field. It is the only interdisciplinary journal devoted exclusively to furniture made or used in the Americas from the 17th century to the present.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Editorial Statement -- Luke Beckerdite • Early Rhode Island Turning -- Erik Kyle Gronning and Dennis Andrew Carr • Mannerism in Early America Furniture: Connoisseurship, Intention, and Theatricality -- Glenn Adamson • Structure, Style, and Evolution: The Sack Back Windsor Armchair -- David Pesuit • New York Card Tables, 1800-1825 -- Philip D. Zimmerman • Fashioning Furniture and Framing Community: Woodworkers and the Rise of a Connecticut River Valley Town -- Joshua W. Lane and Donald P. White, III

BOOK REVIEWS

Connecticut Valley Furniture: Eliphalet Chapin and His Contemporaries, 1750-1800, Thomas P. Kugelman and Alice K. Kugelman, with Robert Lionetti, et. al.; review by William Holsey • John Townsend: Newport Cabinetmaker, Morrison H. Heckscher, with assistance of Lori Zabar; review by Gerald W. R. Ward • The Artisan of Ipswich: Craftsmanship and Continuity in Colonial New England, Robert Tarule; review by Barbara McLean Ward • The Furniture Masterworks of John and Thomas Seymour, Robert D. Mussey, Jr.; review by Philip Zea • Fortress fo the Soul: Violence, Metaphysics and Material Life in the Huguenots' New World, 1517-1751, Neil Kamil; review by Robert F. Trent • Recent Writings on American Furniture: A Bibliography -- Gerald W. R. Ward • Index

2006 • 294 pp. 170 color illus, 97 B&W illus, 5 Tables, 2 Appendix, End-papers. 8 1/2 x 11"